Vulcanizer.



E. P. B ERK.

VULGANIZER.

APPLICATION :FILED 00T.24.1913.

Patented Jan. 5 1915.

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EDWARD Il?. BEEK, OIF BUCYRUS, OHIO.

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' Specicationof Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 5, 1915.

Application filed October 24, 1913. Serial No. 797,073.

To all wzom 'it may concern Belt known that .1, EDWARD P. BERE, a

citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at Bucyrus, in the county of Crawford and State ofhio, have invented certaln new and useful Improvements in Vulcanizers, of which the followingis a specilicentrate the heat and cause same to be consequently intensified at the lvulcanizing points. Further the invention aims to provide a vulcanizer that has` means incorporated therein for enabling the fuel to be easily,

quickly and Conveniently poured thereinto, and to also provide a age that instantly enables the quantity of nel in the vulcanizer to be determined.

In the drawing: Figure l is a fragmentary perspective view of a vehicle wheel, showing the present invention operatively applied thereto; F ig. 2 is a top plan view,

parts being broken. away and shown in section, of the device when used to vulcanize inner tubes; Fig. '3 is a plan view of one of the heat transmitting elements; and Fig. 4

is a side elevation, partly broken away. and

in sec-tion showing thej'ulcanizer supported from a post-or the like.

The present invention is an improvement' on thesubj-ect matter of an application filed by me November 8, 1912, Serial No. 7 30,147.

The vulcanizer consists of a body l that has apertured ears 2 which receive L-shaped "bolts, and eye bolts 4, which bolts are engaged with 'chains 5 which serve to secure the body to a vehicle wheel, the chains being v tightened by means of thumb or wing nuts 6. The body 1 has side flanges- 7, a top flange 8 and a bottom flange 9, the latter at its forward end being extended upwardly and outwardly at 10 to form an inclined lip,

which latter with the anges 9, and 7 provides a fuel chamber 1l. A plate 12 is secured to the side flanges 7 and has its lower portion inclined inwardly and' downwardly at 13 so as to form a lmouth 14 which allows `the fuel, preferably gasolene, to `be easily,

quickly and conveniently poured into 4the chamber 11, as is obvious from inspection of Figs. 1 and 4. l

Arranged between the plate 12l and the wall 15 of the body 1 are a series of vertical spaced heat transmitters 16 that are of zigzag outline and which have their sides tapering toward the wall 15. By utilizing heat transmitters of zig-zag form, a greater areais presented to the heat with the result. that a larger proportion of the heat' is 'thereby retained by same and by having the sides of the transmitters of tapering form'tlie. heat is quickly conducted from the outer edges of the' transmitters to the inner edges of same thereby concentrating the heatat said inner or thin edges of the transmitters with'the result that the heat is intensified where said'inner edges contact with the wall Il5, which latter provides the vulcanizing face for the device. The Zig-zag transmitters due to theirspaced relation provide tortuousv heatflues, causing the heat to ascend in paths that most effectively act on and raise the temperature of the transmitters.

A gage 17v is secured to the wall 15. between the bottom flange 9 and the free edge of the lip 10 to indicate the level and hence the quantity of liquid fuel in the chamber 11, the gage consisting of a graduated element or scale which is visible through the mouth 14.

ln Fig. of the drawings, the vulcanizer is shown in use with an inner tube, in which use, a plate 18 is used to 'take the place of the outer casing of the tire shown in- Fig.

1, lthe bolts zengaging pins 19 in slots 20,

formed in ears 21 borne by plate 18 while the eve-bolts 4 engage through apertured ears also borne-by plate 18 to clamp the innertube against the vulcanizing wall or face l5. The chain in this use of the invention is thrown over the top of a post as depicted in Fig'. 4 to support the device in upright operative position.

ll" hat is claimed is:

l. in a vulcanizer, a body having a vulcanizing face, a plate spaced from said face, and a multiplicity of heat transmitters disposed lengthwise of the plate and body and having their front and rear edges engaged with said plate and face, each of said heat transmitters being of continuous Zig-zag formation to form a multiplicity of tortuous heat liues therebetween, and having los their sides tapered inwardly toward the vulface. i

'7 2. a vulcanizer, a body having'a lV111-V canizing face, a plate spaced from said face, a fuel'chamber at the base of the plate havling a lip thatfextendsadjacent to the' lower end of theplate, said plate having its lower end inclined downwardlyand rearwardly toward the vvulcanizingface and being spaced from the upper edge of the lip to form a mouth which enables liquid fuel to be poured into the chamber.

3. In a vulcanizer, a body having a vulcanizing face, a plate spaced from said face,

a fuel chamber at the base of the plate having a lip that extends adjacent to the lower end of the plate, said plate having its lower end inclined downwardly and rearwardly toward the vulcanizing face and being spaced from the upper edge of the lip to form a mouth which .enables liquid fuel to be poured vinto the chamber, and a gage carried by the vulcanizing face and being -visible through said mouth,

4. In a vulcanizer, a body having a vulcanizing face, a plate inclined relative to In testimony whereof I allix my signa# ture in presence vof two witnesses.

EDWARD P. BEEK.; Witnesses: l

l LINDA M. Cross,` LELA RIYTCHIE. 

